Bruichladdich Octomore 01.1 Glenfiddich there’s cherry

there’s cherry

and I can see a portion of that coming from the barrels

chai tea and plum pudding fill the nose

Over the course of 18 years

Bruichladdich Octomore 01.1 Glenfiddich there’s cherryThis is the first release of Bruichladdichs super heavily peated single malt, Octomore. Five years old with no colouring, and no chill filtration. Peated to a previously unheard of 131ppm, and bottled (in an extremely sexy tall opaque black bottle) at cask strength of 63. 5% ABV. The first retail release of the Octomore series the result of a what if moment from Jim McEwan. This whisky was released in 2008, three years before the release of the whisky